Hyup - straight out of the Alinsky play book - NEVER, EVER back down, or admit loss, or admit you were flat-assed WRONG.
Doesn't matter - THE PEOPLE WERE HEARD - and they said .... NO MORE BULLSHIT.
Well, at least a good majority of them did. There are always a lot of sheeple to be sheared - so the left doesn't mind 'taking' a 'temporary setback' or two in stride. They know that ultimately they can weasel and steal from the majority - because it is HARD for people to stay stirred up and angry ... until things are too damn bad to do f'ing all about them.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good ...